(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

APRIL KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend - The April 2011 trend estimate (84,511) has decreased by 0.1% when compared with March 2011.

Seasonally Adjusted - The April 2011 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (84 332) decreased by 3.5% when compared with March 2011.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend - When comparing national trend estimates for April 2011 with March 2011, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.5%. Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 0.3% and 0.8% respectively over the same period.

Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for April 2011 with March 2011, sales of Passenger vehicles increased by 22 units (0.0%), Sports utility and Other vehicles decreased by 9.6% and 5.5% respectively.

SALES BY STATE

Six of the eight states and territories have experienced a decrease in the trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing April 2011 with March 2011. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease with 2.2%, followed by South Australia (0.9%) and Victoria (0.6%). Queensland recorded the largest increase of 1.7% over the same period.

In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles decreased in seven of the eight states and territories for April 2011 when compared with March 2011. New South Wales recorded the largest percentage decrease of 5.1%, followed by Victoria (3.5%) and Queensland (3.4%). Over the same period the Northern Territory recorded the only increase (1.6%).

NOTES

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IMPACT OF THE FLOODS

The impact of recent flooding and cyclone events on new motor vehicles sales has shown in trend estimates for Queensland. For both March and April 2011, Queensland recorded the largest percentage increase in the trend estimate (1.5% and 1.7% respectively). All other states and territories had minimal or negative growth over the same period. It is expected that the flooding events will continue to have an impact on trend and seasonal estimates for Queensland as well as other states as damaged vehicles are replaced. Trend estimates should be treated with caution and may be revised in future months.

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for April 2011.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle by month

Passenger vehicles

Sports utility vehicles

Other vehicles

Total vehicles

Change Passenger vehicles

Change Sports utility vehicles

Change Other vehicles

Change Total vehicles

no.

no.

no.

no.

%

%

%

%

Trend

2010

February

49 360

18 908

17 557

85 824

1.5

1.2

-0.5

1.0

March

49 884

19 007

17 484

86 375

1.1

0.5

-0.4

0.6

April

50 047

19 119

17 475

86 641

0.3

0.6

-

0.3

May

49 794

19 345

17 478

86 616

-0.5

1.2

-

-

June

49 178

19 710

17 423

86 311

-1.2

1.9

-0.3

-0.4

July

48 506

20 080

17 317

85 903

-1.4

1.9

-0.6

-0.5

August

48 111

20 283

17 167

85 560

-0.8

1.0

-0.9

-0.4

September

48 051

20 261

16 993

85 305

-0.1

-0.1

-1.0

-0.3

October

48 244

20 032

16 903

85 178

0.4

-1.1

-0.5

-0.1

November

48 486

19 686

16 955

85 128

0.5

-1.7

0.3

-0.1

December

48 560

19 347

17 124

85 030

0.2

-1.7

1.0

-0.1

2011

January

48 402

19 117

17 340

84 859

-0.3

-1.2

1.3

-0.2

February

48 124

19 013

17 557

84 694

-0.6

-0.5

1.2

-0.2

March

47 825

18 988

17 747

84 561

-0.6

-0.1

1.1

-0.2

April

47 585

19 041

17 885

84 511

-0.5

0.3

0.8

-0.1

Seasonally Adjusted

2010

February

49 363

18 550

17 457

85 369

0.6

-0.2

-7.3

-1.3

March

49 850

18 681

17 042

85 572

1.0

0.7

-2.4

0.2

April

53 759

20 750

17 540

92 049

7.8

11.1

2.9

7.6

May

51 343

19 691

17 576

88 610

-4.5

-5.1

0.2

-3.7

June

49 495

19 518

17 763

86 776

-3.6

-0.9

1.1

-2.1

July

47 575

20 271

16 940

84 787

-3.9

3.9

-4.6

-2.3

August

47 461

19 793

17 631

84 885

-0.2

-2.4

4.1

0.1

September

48 314

20 821

16 802

85 937

1.8

5.2

-4.7

1.2

October

47 618

20 588

16 699

84 905

-1.4

-1.1

-0.6

-1.2

November

48 292

20 096

16 809

85 197

1.4

-2.4

0.7

0.3

December

50 660

18 168

17 307

86 135

4.9

-9.6

3.0

1.1

2011

January

48 358

18 628

16 967

83 953

-4.5

2.5

-2.0

-2.5

February

46 969

19 408

17 703

84 080

-2.9

4.2

4.3

0.2

March

47 657

21 285

18 421

87 364

1.5

9.7

4.1

3.9

April

47 679

19 243

17 410

84 332

-

-9.6

-5.5

-3.5

Original

2010

February

47 829

18 073

16 317

82 219

9.7

6.9

13.4

9.8

March

53 717

21 643

19 384

94 744

12.3

19.8

18.8

15.2

April

47 156

18 067

16 178

81 401

-12.2

-16.5

-16.5

-14.1

May

50 450

20 065

18 703

89 218

7.0

11.1

15.6

9.6

June

60 820

24 597

23 305

108 722

20.6

22.6

24.6

21.9

July

47 591

19 032

15 753

82 376

-21.8

-22.6

-32.4

-24.2

August

46 504

18 515

17 103

82 122

-2.3

-2.7

8.6

-0.3

September

48 763

19 684

16 607

85 054

4.9

6.3

-2.9

3.6

October

45 268

19 348

16 309

80 925

-7.2

-1.7

-1.8

-4.9

November

49 405

20 806

17 131

87 342

9.1

7.5

5.0

7.9

December

51 039

18 555

16 993

86 587

3.3

-10.8

-0.8

-0.9

2011

January

43 539

17 032

13 013

73 584

-14.7

-8.2

-23.4

-15.0

February

45 455

18 916

16 525

80 896

4.4

11.1

27.0

9.9

March

50 228

23 066

20 690

93 984

10.5

21.9

25.2

16.2

April

41 565

17 054

15 595

74 214

-17.2

-26.1

-24.6

-21.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.(a)

NT(a)

ACT(a)

Aust.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

Trend

2010

February

26 114

23 163

17 890

5 524

9 272

1 684

849

1 328

85 824

March

26 236

23 507

17 772

5 567

9 405

1 685

853

1 349

86 375

April

26 322

23 736

17 596

5 609

9 497

1 653

858

1 370

86 641

May

26 364

23 790

17 407

5 633

9 561

1 607

865

1 389

86 616

June

26 324

23 662

17 250

5 626

9 617

1 562

872

1 399

86 311

July

26 258

23 413

17 168

5 590

9 668

1 539

870

1 397

85 903

August

26 259

23 175

17 108

5 533

9 692

1 542

865

1 387

85 560

September

26 344

23 030

17 012

5 475

9 653

1 562

858

1 372

85 305

October

26 475

23 013

16 905

5 432

9 561

1 585

851

1 357

85 178

November

26 586

23 059

16 848

5 398

9 454

1 593

845

1 345

85 128

December

26 597

23 106

16 853

5 361

9 361

1 576

841

1 336

85 030

2011

January

26 506

23 088

16 945

5 312

9 300

1 540

838

1 330

84 859

February

26 367

23 011

17 143

5 253

9 263

1 498

834

1 326

84 694

March

26 220

22 904

17 398

5 190

9 240

1 456

830

1 322

84 561

April

26 087

22 768

17 689

5 143

9 251

1 424

829

1 319

84 511

Seasonally Adjusted

2010

February

26 170

22 637

17 781

5 418

9 554

1 667

820

1 322

85 369

March

25 780

24 143

17 105

5 473

9 160

1 732

833

1 346

85 572

April

26 823

25 912

17 908

5 732

11 766

1 663

859

1 386

92 049

May

26 481

23 992

17 806

5 617

10 812

1 603

887

1 411

88 610

June

26 533

23 884

17 291

5 737

9 554

1 552

846

1 380

86 776

July

25 798

23 148

16 660

5 521

9 865

1 495

907

1 393

84 787

August

26 275

23 054

16 756

5 475

9 629

1 465

850

1 381

84 885

September

26 319

22 771

17 479

5 603

9 842

1 646

874

1 403

85 937

October

26 242

23 227

17 122

5 256

9 297

1 548

828

1 384

84 905

November

26 321

22 856

17 176

5 427

9 675

1 624

847

1 272

85 197

December

27 837

23 108

16 774

5 408

9 241

1 649

792

1 327

86 135

2011

January

26 382

23 423

15 716

5 324

9 253

1 538

956

1 362

83 953

February

25 548

23 189

17 312

5 326

9 170

1 440

757

1 337

84 080

March

27 347

23 317

18 629

5 138

9 330

1 454

826

1 324

87 364

April

25 958

22 489

17 992

5 047

9 299

1 406

839

1 301

84 332

Original

2010

February

25 708

21 924

16 744

5 242

9 048

1 474

742

1 337

82 219

March

29 083

26 380

19 480

5 950

9 636

1 711

1 038

1 466

94 744

April

23 616

22 660

16 326

4 944

10 331

1 406

872

1 246

81 401

May

26 531

23 994

18 370

5 798

10 604

1 527

997

1 397

89 218

June

33 240

29 192

22 956

7 109

11 647

1 779

1 133

1 666

108 722

July

25 050

22 499

16 516

5 208

9 572

1 292

881

1 358

82 376

August

25 287

22 312

15 966

5 233

9 753

1 407

819

1 345

82 122

September

26 079

22 511

16 939

5 548

10 121

1 715

785

1 356

85 054

October

24 451

22 847

15 904

4 974

9 244

1 477

717

1 311

80 925

November

27 422

23 491

17 025

5 651

9 738

1 902

809

1 304

87 342

December

27 195

23 873

16 422

5 636

9 238

2 181

714

1 328

86 587

2011

January

23 560

20 323

13 300

4 792

8 289

1 309

772

1 239

73 584

February

25 048

22 446

16 283

5 128

8 686

1 273

680

1 352

80 896

March

29 750

24 808

20 395

5 360

9 718

1 520

995

1 438

93 984

April

22 570

19 535

16 403

4 467

8 101

1 124

862

1 152

74 214

(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

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